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The Institut Clément Ader (ICA) is a research laboratory supervised by the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), the Toulouse-III-Paul-Sabatier University (UPS), the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux (IMT Mines Albi), the Superior Institute of aeronautic and space (ISAE-SUPAERO) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).

Created in 2009, it is a joint research unit (UMR CNRS No. 5312) based in Toulouse with branches in Albi, Tarbes and Figeac.

History
The Clément Ader Institute was created on June 30, 2009 following the merger of the research center for tools, materials and processes of IMT Mines Albi (CROMeP), the mechanical structures and materials department of ISAE-SUPAERO (DMSM) and the Toulouse mechanical engineering laboratory of INSA Toulouse and UPS (LGMT) Its name refers to Clément Ader, a French engineer and aviation pioneer.

Initially recognized as a Host Team (EA no 814) by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) and the High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCÉRES), it became a CNRS Evolutionary Research Training (FRE CNRS no 3687) on January 1, 2015, and then a CNRS Joint Research Unit (UMR CNRS no 5312) on January 1, 2016. It is located in 3 cities: Toulouse (UPS, INSA, ISAE), Tarbes (IUT de Tarbes - UPS) and Albi (IMT Mines Albi).